Name: Thiomonas arsenivorans Battaglia-Brunet et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se.ni’vo.rans. Gr. masc./fem. n. arsên, element arsenic; L. pres. part. vorans, substantive; N.L. fem. part. adj. arsenivorans, organism that uses arsenic as a growth substrate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ar-se-NI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: b6; DSM 16361; LMG 22795

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16S rRNA gene: AF460990 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Battaglia-Brunet F, Joulian C, Garrido F, Dictor MC, Morin D, Coupland K, Barrie Johnson D, Hallberg KB, Baranger P. Oxidation of arsenite by Thiomonas strains and characterization of Thiomonas arsenivorans sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2006; 89:99-108. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10755 (N = 17).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Thiomonas Moreira and Amils 1997

Assigned by: Battaglia-Brunet F, Joulian C, Garrido F, Dictor MC, Morin D, Coupland K, Barrie Johnson D, Hallberg KB, Baranger P. Oxidation of arsenite by Thiomonas strains and characterization of Thiomonas arsenivorans sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2006; 89:99-108. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 68021